A YouTube user who goes by the handle zazazebra has been my primary source for videos by K3. It would seem that Studio 100 is now turning the screws and zaza’s videos, and those posted by others, are starting to disappear. One of them is “Kusjesdag” (Kissing Day), a brilliant piece of work that I had embedded from YouTube, but is now lost. So I’m going to grab it from the videos posted on YouTube under Karen Damen’s name, and here it is.
Dear Studio 100: PLEASE get a clue! Don’t squash guys like me and zazazebra. We’re just trying to help promote K3 and Studio 100. Zazazebra had 2.5 MILLION hits on his post of “Kusjesdag”, and while my coverage can’t match that, I’m the lone voice in America pushing K3. To increase interest in your own posted videos, get high quality versions of “Kusjesdag”, “Hart Verloren”, “Tele Romeo” and “Verliefd” in stereo on YouTube. I’d love to link to those. “I Love You, Baby” too, because it has some English. Think about it. Please. The songs are wonderful, but it’s not just the format that makes it all work, it’s Karen, Kristel and Kathleen, one of the best pop music trios I have ever enjoyed.
Addendum: Now here’s something interesting. Studio 100’s UK account, that had the UK3 audition, has been suspended by YouTube (or perhaps shut down by Studio 100?). Click the link and see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/user/studio100UK
Noticed on Jan 1: The Studio 100 UK account is back.
March 23: It’s over. Kathleen has quit. K3 is done.
Amazon.com was sold out ofA Colbert Christmas — The Greatest Gift of All!, so my thanks go to D.F. Rogers for procuring me a copy at a competitive price. The back of the case alone is worth the price.
Inexpensive, with a charity benefiting, and offbeat guffaws served up by Stephen Colbert with his guests — including two I’ve never heard of before — this is the best 2008 Christmas video ever! A not-to-miss extra is Stephen singing his instant classic, “Cold, Cold Christmas.” Here’s the audio, minus the video.
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Here it is, the first snow of the winter, and we’re promised about a foot of it, so I’m glad the snow thrower started right up and is ready to go. This will be its tenth season.
UC Berkeley graduate student Larissa Kelly of El Cerrito will be one of 15 contestants trying to win the $250,000 grand prize up for grabs in the 2009 Tournament of Champions for the game show “Jeopardy!” taping next month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The tournament episodes will air March 11 to 24.
Kelly gained fame in the spring by winning $222,597 in seven games, the third-best total in the show’s long history and the best ever by a female contestant.
